Ever since I got into hunting at a very young age I´ve dreamt about some day going on a hunting trip in Africa. I thought that this would remain just a dream for a very long time but a couple of years ago I found this forum by chance and the dream seemed more and more feasible way sooner than I had expected. I got very lucky with a good job immediatly after highschool and decided to go for it so I made a post on this forum saying that I was looking for a hunt. I received a lot of offers and Stuart of @Tally-Ho HUNTING SAFARIS gave me some very good offers and was very responsive to all my silly beginner questions so I decided to book a hunt with them. The hunt was to take place april 10th to 20th on their farm near Alldays in Limpopo and my dad would come along as an observer.
After a couple of days in Johannesburg we were picked up by Stuart, owner of Tally-Ho, and were driven to the hunting area. Leaving the big city and seeing the South African country side for the first time made us very excited for the hunt and I was practically glued to my window for the entire trip looking at a landscape that I had previously only seen in pictures. When we arrived at the lodge we met the staff and were introduced to Rudi, the ph we would be hunting with.
Rudi did an excellent job of taking two lost swedes and introducing them to hunting in Africa. He took our wishes very seriously and went to great lengths to make sure we had an exciting hunt which he certainly succeded with. Seeing his ability to always keep things exciting and to gradually increase the difficulty over our stay was very impressive and it gave me the same feeling as when I was younger and had just started hunting at home. He also did an excellent job of showing how varied the hunting can be and introduced us to types of hunting that simply don´t exist at home.
Since I am still very much a beginner I can´t really comment on the quality of trophies on their land but for me a trophy on the wall has always been a way to remember an exciting hunt and all of the trophies I brought home certainly has some very good stories with them so I am absolutely stoked and can´t wait for my taxidermist to be done with them. For the same reasons I don´t know how the accomodations and facilities in general compare to other outfitters but they were very comfortable and the food was excellent every meal so I am yet again very happy with those. One thing that I also want to mention is how incredibly helpful Stuart was from the moment I started planning the hunt until we got home and he has always given helpful answers to all my questions and helped solve all problems that came up.
All in all it was a great trip that challenged a lot of what I thought I knew about hunting in Africa and I can definetely see why some people here devote their lives to it so I will defintely have to go back some day.
I have also developed a massive urge for a 375 after shooting Rudi´s.
After a couple of days in Johannesburg we were picked up by Stuart, owner of Tally-Ho, and were driven to the hunting area. Leaving the big city and seeing the South African country side for the first time made us very excited for the hunt and I was practically glued to my window for the entire trip looking at a landscape that I had previously only seen in pictures. When we arrived at the lodge we met the staff and were introduced to Rudi, the ph we would be hunting with.
Rudi did an excellent job of taking two lost swedes and introducing them to hunting in Africa. He took our wishes very seriously and went to great lengths to make sure we had an exciting hunt which he certainly succeded with. Seeing his ability to always keep things exciting and to gradually increase the difficulty over our stay was very impressive and it gave me the same feeling as when I was younger and had just started hunting at home. He also did an excellent job of showing how varied the hunting can be and introduced us to types of hunting that simply don´t exist at home.
Since I am still very much a beginner I can´t really comment on the quality of trophies on their land but for me a trophy on the wall has always been a way to remember an exciting hunt and all of the trophies I brought home certainly has some very good stories with them so I am absolutely stoked and can´t wait for my taxidermist to be done with them. For the same reasons I don´t know how the accomodations and facilities in general compare to other outfitters but they were very comfortable and the food was excellent every meal so I am yet again very happy with those. One thing that I also want to mention is how incredibly helpful Stuart was from the moment I started planning the hunt until we got home and he has always given helpful answers to all my questions and helped solve all problems that came up.
All in all it was a great trip that challenged a lot of what I thought I knew about hunting in Africa and I can definetely see why some people here devote their lives to it so I will defintely have to go back some day.
I have also developed a massive urge for a 375 after shooting Rudi´s.
